“I will not betray my soldiers, I will go to the Int. gallows first” – President Rajapakse

“Conspirators are planning to take those who liberated this country to the international gallows. They are collecting facts. We have said clearly that those soldiers obeyed my orders. I am not ready to betray any one. I will take the responsibility.”
The President said this addressing the representatives of youth organizations and state bank officials in the Galle District. “Some countries have prepared and written books.

These countries are supposed to have different committees for war crimes. Now these committees are supposed to be collecting evidence on war crimes and they are supposed to be in the American Senate. From where do they collect the facts? They have taken facts from newspapers that publish information against my government. It was in such an era that we managed to liberate this country.

We are trying to resettle the displaced as soon as we can. This is a very difficult task. I do not have to tell you how we treated them. When they crossed over to our side during the war the bundles they carried contained money.”